*This week's story suggestions of false teeth, broken lighter, wet socks, wilderness and murderous rage were provided by @Crusaderofchaos you can also find his blog World in Ink here where you will find book reviews, astronomy and other geeky things.
The fish just weren't biting, two hours of sitting on a small rowing boat with my friend Bill and nothing. Myself, I was enjoying the peace and quiet, Bill on the other hand seemed to be getting more and more annoyed by the minute.
Bill tried to light a cigar with his lighter, but it wouldn't work. He looked at me and I shrugged. He knew I hated the things.
“Damn fish! Where are they?”
“Maybe it's your foul mood scaring them away.”
“Ha ha! Very funny!”
“Come on, let's move a little, maybe our luck will change.”
Bill shrugged. “Worth a try.” He got out the oars and rowed us over to the other side of the lake.
“There you go, now we can get a better view of the countryside.”
“Bah! All I want to do is catch old one eye.”
“Don't start that again Captain Ahab!”
“It would be a tale I could tell me grand kids.”
“All your grandchildren are vegans, they think fishing is gross and immoral.”
“Stupid muddled up kids,” said Bill with a sigh. “Hey! There he is!”
“Where?” I said spinning my head around, just spotting the tail of a large fishing disappearing lazily back into the water. It was said that old One Eye was six to seven feet long.
Bill threw his line in the fish's direction. “Come on baby, bite!”
We sat there for several minutes in utter silence until the fish whacked the side of the boat with its tail, rocking it side to side.
“The bugger!” shouted Bill, his long beard quavering as his chin went up and down. “This my only chance, I'm going in!”
I moved to stop him, but he was over the side before I could grab him. I paced the rowing boat, my wet socks squelching in my boats, agonizing on whether I should join him, but I was terrible swimmer and would most probably make things worse.
A moment later my old friend came bursting to the surface.
“Did you see him?” I asked leaning over the side of the boat.
“Not only that, I caught the bugger!” he said with a toothless grin.
“Wow! But why did you let him go?”
“I think the kids may be right, I could feel his strength, his legacy, I couldn't harm such a majestic creature.”
“Good for you, but what about your teeth?”
“What! He said smacking his lips together and then pounding the water with his fist. ”Damn you One Eye!”
I couldn't help but smile as I helped Bill on board wondering if Old One Eye was now swimming around sporting a toothy grin.
